1. Present Continuous (I am doing)

1.1. MAIN STRUCTURE: AFFIRMATIVE
1. SUBJ + VERB TO BE + ( (to❌) VERB + ing)
2. I + am + ___ing
3. He/She/It + is + ___ing
4. We/You/They + are + ___ing
1.2. USES
1. IN
  1. 1. I'm in the middle of doing something
  2. 2. I've started doing something and I haven't finished yet, not necessaraly I'm doing that at that moment
  3. 3. For temporary situations
2. WITH
  1. ADJ: today, this week, this year
  2. VERBS: get, change, become, increase, rise [rais], fall, grow, improve, begin
    1. [ ] = pronunciation
3. NOT (normally) WITH
  1. THIS VERBS: like, want, need, prefer; know, realise, suppose, mean, understand, believe, remember; belong, fit, contain, consist, seem; see, hear, smell, taste
1.3. INTERROGATIVE
1. QUESTION WORDS (OR NOT) + VERB TO BE + SUBJ + ( (to❌) VERB + ing) ?
2. What + is + he + doing ?
1.4. NEGATIVE
1. SUBJ + VERB TO BE + not + ((to❌) VERB + ing)
  1. IS NOT = ISN'T ; ARE NOT = AREN'T
2. It + is + not + raining
1.6. IMPORTANT THINGS
1. How does it change? VERB + ing?
  1. 1. __y ➡️ do not change ➡️ ➕ ing ::: hurry - hurrying; study - studying; apply - applying; try - trying
  2. 2. __ie ➡️ ❌ie ➡️ ➕ y ➡️ ➕ ing ::: die - dying; lie - lying; tie - tying
  3. 3. __e ➡️ ❌ e➡️ ➕ ing ::: hope - hoping; smile - smiling; dance - dancing; confuse - confusing
    1. Exception: be - being; __ee: see - seeing; agree - agreeing
  4. 4. __(1 vower)+(1 consonant) (from 1 syllable words) ➡️ ➕ 1x consonant ➡️ ➕ ing ::: stop - stopping; plan - planning; rub - rubbing
    1. OBS.: Y and W at the end of the words are not consonants!
  5. 5. __(1 vower) + (1 consonant) (IF is a more than 1 syllable word & final syllable is stressed) ➡️ ➕ 1x consonant ➡️ ➕ ing ::: prefer - preferring; regret - regretting
  6. 6. __l ➡️ ➕ 1x l ➡️ ➕ ing ::: travel - travelling ; cancel - cancelling
    1. British English
1.5. INTERROGATIVE NEGATIVE
1. VERB TO BE + SUBJ + not + ((to❌) VERB ➕ ing)
2. Are + we + not + playing ...in the park ?

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